Cell Phone Repair Myths Pt.2

05 Nov Cell Phone Repair Myths Pt.2

2<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 3 <<REPORTER/TALKBACK WELCOME BACK TO GOOD DAY SACRAMENTO, EVERYONE

IF YOU'RE JUST TUNING IN, WE ARE LIVE AT LEGENDS TECH IN SACRAMENTO WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMOLISH SOME CELLPHONES I DROPPED THIS I THREW THIS I ANGRILY TOSSED THIS TO THE WALL, AND IT IS AT THE PRESENT TIME WHERE WE CANNOT — AT THIS POINT, WE CANNOT FIX IT

THE DAMAGE HAS CAUSED IT TO BE NON REPARABLE THE SCREEN WILL NEVER SIT BACK ON THE FRAME DUE TO THIS DAMAGE IF IT WASN'T DAMAGED FRAME, THIS WOULD BE A FIXABLE PHONE Reporter: SO WHY ARE WE HERE? WE'RE HERE BECAUSE LEGENDS SAY, THEY'RE A NEW COMPANY HERE IN SACRAMENTO, THEY SAY WE CAN FIX PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING EARLIER, WE TOOK A SLEDGEHAMMER TO, WHAT WAS THE FUN? ZTE INCOME I HIT IT SO HARD, THE PHONE ALMOST SNAPPED IN HALF

IT BENT AND THE SCREEN WAS CRACKED NOW, YOU TOLD ME AFTER DOING ALL OF THAT IT'S REPARABLE IT IS FIXABLE AS LONG AS THE FRAME ITSELF IS NOT DAMAGED A TINY BEND IS ONE THING, IF IT'S SMASHED TO WHERE IT'S TWISTED LIKE THAT, IT'S PROBABLY NOT FIXABLE

Reporter: IF SOMEONE CAME IN WITH THAT PROBLEM, HOW MUCH WOULD YOU CHARGE? FOR THIS PHONE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 90 BUCKS Reporter: LLOYD, YOU'RE FIXING AN iPHONE SIX PLUS Reporter: I TOOK PLIERS TOO IT WE MADE TWO LITTLE DENTS IN IT AND ONCE AGAIN, IT IS FIXABLE

YES, IT IS, AND I'M ALMOST DONE Reporter: ON A PHONE LIKE THIS, HOW MUCH? LIKE $79 Reporter: I'VE RECENTLY USED THE RICE METHOD TO FIXING PHONES, TRUE OR NOT, DOES IT WORK? YES, IT DOES IN MOST CASES Reporter: ALSO TOO WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE LEVEL OF DAMAGE DONE TO A PHONE, WHEN IS IT REPLACEABLE VERSUS REPARABLE? FENDING ON EXACTLY WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO IT EXCEPT FOR WHAT YOU DID TO THE iPHONE 5 S

Reporter: I WANT TO COME OVER HERE TRAVIS, YOU WERE TELLING ME YOU RECENTLY FIXED A CELLPHONE THAT SOMEBODY DROPPED IN THE OCEAN AND YOU WERE ABLE TO FIX IT I WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE DROPPED IN THE OCEAN SHE COULDN'T GET IT TO TURN BACK ON

SHE TRIED THE RICE METHOD AND TOOK IT TO OTHER SHOPS WHO COULDN'T FIX IT IT TOOK ME A FEW DAYS BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET THE PHONE TO COME TO LIFE TO GET HER DATA BACK Reporter: THEY ARE LEGENDS SO YOU'RE DONE, HOLD THAT BABY UP HE POWERED IT ON AND THERE IT IS

I TOOK PLIERS TOOK IT THERE IT IS BEFORE AND AFTER LOOK AT THAT THIRTY MINUTES FOR SOME FUNS, A FEW HOURS FOR OTHERS

FLIP PHONES YOU GUYS DO NOT REPAIR WE GOT A CALL ALREADY FOR THAT WE DON'T HAVE A TIME MACHINE MAYBE, HEY, WE'LL TRY ANYTHING Reporter: YEAH, THIS IS NOT A TIME MACHINE

YOU'RE WELCOME I'M ASKING FOR A FRIEND, HOW MUCH TO FIX AN iPHONE TEN CRACKED SCREEN Reporter: OH, HOW MUCH TO FIX AN iPHONE TEN CRACKED SCREEN? 249 Reporter: THAT'S THENAR THAT WHAT YOU PAID FOR — CHEAPER THAN WHAT YOU PAID FOR IT CODY, OR I MEAN, YOUR FRIEND IT WAS A FRIEND OF CODY'S